Dallas (DAL) – Chicago (MDW)
- Distance
- 1,277 km
- 793 mi · 689 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 7 min / 2 h 13 min
- Average gate to gate: DAL → MDW / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 161 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (95 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 561,465
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +1.8%
- Flights / week
- 82
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 80%
- 701,762 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 1
- WN
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from DAL
- 36°
- Heading from MDW
- 222°
- Halfway point
- 37.40, -92.57
- Great-circle km
- 1,277 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DAL → MDW
- 1 h 48 min
- In the air MDW → DAL
- 1 h 52 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 20 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 52,389 |
| Sep 2025 | 51,151 |
| Oct 2025 | 52,746 |
| Nov 2025 | 42,049 |
| Dec 2025 | 47,966 |
| Jan 2026 | 33,491 |
| Feb 2026 | 32,472 |
| Mar 2026 | 43,587 |
| Apr 2026 | 43,362 |
| May 2026 | 48,599 |
| Jun 2026 | 52,927 |
| Jul 2026 | 60,726 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 384 |
| Sep 2025 | 379 |
| Oct 2025 | 387 |
| Nov 2025 | 338 |
| Dec 2025 | 380 |
| Jan 2026 | 295 |
| Feb 2026 | 271 |
| Mar 2026 | 339 |
| Apr 2026 | 336 |
| May 2026 | 340 |
| Jun 2026 | 380 |
| Jul 2026 | 451 |
Airlines flying DAL–MDW nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 82 | 100% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 1,818 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 1,326 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 1,136 flights
Also carried: 605 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 73.6%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 16 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 2%
- Flights counted
- 4,364
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Delay minutes by cause: airline 33% · aircraft arriving late 43% · air traffic system 18% · weather 5% · security 0%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
What passengers paid
- Average fare, Q1 2026
- $201
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $183
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 100% of passengers · $201
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 100% of passengers · $201
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $174 · Q3 2025 $178 · Q4 2025 $186 · Q1 2026 $201).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 1a (airline ticket sample, US domestic airport pairs). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 1,277 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.
Every airport pair between Dallas and Chicago
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